Practice Percentages

Biographical

Dave has more than 30 years of legal experience representing a spectrum of clients from Fortune 500 corporations, to small, emerging businesses, and individuals across a variety of industries. Dave, who also serves on the firm's Executive Committee, brings to his clients a combination of demonstrated legal experience, practical business acumen and strong leadership skills as a team builder and project manager.
Dave’s practice spans several areas of litigation, including financial institution, commercial, products liability, professional malpractice, employment and energy. Both a litigator and a trial attorney, he employs other forms of dispute resolution when doing so is in the best interests of the client. Dave also is routinely asked to serve as a mediator in a variety of litigation matters and has experience managing the administration of class action claims.

Case Experience

ADA Disability

Automotive

Banking & Finance

Civil Rights

Class Actions

Commercial/Business

Contract Disputes

Discrimination

Education

EEOC

Employment

Insurance

Legal Malpractice

Libel & Slander

Medical Devices

Medical Malpractice

Nursing Homes

Partnerships

Personal Injury

Pharmaceuticals

Police

Premises Liability

Product Liability

Professional Liability

Professional Malpractice

Railroad & Trucking

Shareholder Disputes

Technology

Torts

Transportation

Wage & Hour/FMLA

Wrongful Death

Education

Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 1982)

Duquesne University (B.S., 1977)

Memberships & Affiliations

Bar and Court Admissions

Pennsylvania

West Virginia

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia